The Deep 3 Podcast - We Mocked The Top 10 Picks Of The NBA Draft | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: May 12, 2026

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Let's do a mock draft of the top 10 teams after the lottery. Let's talk about it. You're mentioning you're a little scared, Darren Peterson. You really like Cameron Boozer, Caleb Bullson. Let's sit down and look at each team and decide who, if we were in front of the front office right now, what we would do right now the day after the lottery. Okay, let's do it. Wizards are on the clock.

Yes, we have this pulled up here. This is the Fanspo mock draft simulator. On here, we have the big board on the left. The team is on the clock. On the right, you can see their current roster and the salary cap situation. Yeah. Who do you want for them? Pick number one.

Obviously, it comes down to Peterson or DeBanza. Go ahead and hit that music. Yeah, play the song. Ding ding, ding, ding. Oh. I thought you wanted me to play the gunner song. Me too. I thought you wanted to.

No, we like our money over here. That too. With the number one overall pick, the Washington Wizard select. AJ DeBantza. Oh. Is it no debate to you? Is it obviously AJ? And I would assume if you're going to say yes, it's because he's a safer prospect,

doesn't have the injury concern to Darren Peterson, has a same. ceiling of Darren Peterson though and overall you just have no real questions on him being good yeah I think it feels very safe to say that he should probably be the number one overall pick I think when it comes to seeing how he fits alongside uh Alexar Kishan george you have trade still in his prime and then you can get whatever you get from anthony davis I think and no matter what world or no sense what scenario you're in agent of bonds it should be the answer regardless of the fact even with fit um he feels like your stereotypical prototypical six eight six nine guy mad athletic three level score he shot like 33 percent from the field he was overly taxed offensively

32 percent from three point line but he has he shot like 70 78 percent from the free throw line and his touch is there he's so creative when it comes to getting to his spots he loves the mid range shot the mid range shot he's he covers so much ground with his length and all that i think he's like he feels like one of those guys who you look up and he's like, oh, this is just like an eight-time all-star, a guy who can sit down and call like one of the two, the three best players on a championship level team. He's that level. Damn. Okay. Yeah, no, I agree. And I think Darren Peterson could be that as well. It's just the injury thing. And if you like both players a lot, I think it's fair to say that's going to be the differentiating factor. I know some people will have some concerns

about AJ and the fact that I don't know if it'll ever be an impact defender for his size. That's very true. Which is a problem at 6-9. You'd want to. a guy to be some type of defensive upside. And his just inactivity at the college level is pretty crazy for a prospect of his level. He's one of the lowest stock percentages you'll see of any prospect that's deemed to be this level as a wing. It doesn't do a lot of the offball stuff. Doesn't do a lot of like the wing stuff you want to see, especially from a team that has

a go-to score in Anthony Davis when he's healthy, has a lead point guard in Tray Young. You really want AJ to like grow as a wing, not just like an on-ball guy, be more of a traditional small forward, not this like combo shooting guard that a lot of guys become these days. So that would be a question. They have to ask, do they think he can fit that? I assume the answer is probably yes. And if you can have him grow in that way, make it so he does a small stuff as a complimentary player first. They can grow into being the on ball scoring God. I like it. I think when it comes to like just situational, I don't think there's a better situation for him. You could argue Utah, but I don't think there's a better situation for him at all to not be

overtaxed while also learning how to do all the nitty-gritty things and then eventually growing up becoming a top 10. But do we think Utah says this is our guy, he's in state, we put up, we put so much money into BYU's pockets to make sure we get this guy, do we have to trade up and get him or one pick away? I think, I think you have to consider it. Yeah.

I think like. If you're the wizard, though, do you consider it? No. I'm picking up the phone and I'm hanging up immediately. I'm calling the cops on you. Why would you want me to do that? What are you telling the cops that's happening to do you? This guy's trying to rob me on the phone.

This guy from Utah's mad. He was blowing up the phone. right now. What's going on? A crazy woman on my line. He won't leave me alone. Yeah. Yeah, I don't think like you can, you can hear about, but unless the hall is crazy, I wouldn't, I wouldn't do it.

I think like for, for Washington, you have to, A.J. moves and looks like, just straight eye test moves and looks like like a number one thing. And I think like the athleticism and all of the physical tools that he has for all of the questions that you have about all the other things, you are going to, regardless of it's true or not, you're going to lie to yourself and you're going to tell you of we can turn him into this all around wing and somebody who can do everything because he is that physically talented. Yeah.

So that's why you take him more. If I'm the Wizards and somebody wants to give me a halt to move up to one, I like all these top four picks. I think it wouldn't be, it wouldn't be unwise to trade down, take extra assets and just, oh, no, I got to pick the third best all-star of this class. I don't think that'd be crazy for this position they're in. Yeah. But also it says a lot that someone's willing to mortgage some of their future to get a step up and grab someone like agent.

So that will tell me like you want all this for him? If they want to tell me Keonté George and the two pick or the second for the first That's ridiculous. All right. You think Keontage George is a superstar. No, I'm like, I don't even know why they would. Nah, it's not even that. It's like, that's a lot.

That's a lot. If you're doing that, then I'm saying hell no because damn, you want him that bad? No. Mo, would Darren Peterson be or won without the injury concerns? I think he's probably like tier three or not tier three, but he's like player number three, maybe four for me. Because I think that when you look at. his tape versus him and I don't watch a lot of him I don't watch high school basketball I think that's so crazy me because they're literally like 16 17 years old and they're not even fully into their body

or whatever yeah but I think it's so crazy to see how different he looks athletically from there compared to his what he looks like and what he did in Kansas but also at then the same conversation to the level of shooting and how easy he gets just gets his bag off without any like real hard work is like tantalizing. So if someone calls, someone walks it to me and be like, yeah, he's like the first best, he's the best player. He's a new, this generation's Kobe Bryant or whatever the hell it is. It's cool.

I would believe it. But I think for me, how he impacts the game if he's not getting a buck. He's a great defender. That also saves a lot. But the passing is what like stops the conversation for me. Yeah, the passing was a bit disappointing in terms of him being like a lead guard. So I think about him more as a combo now, more as a true shooting guard. I would definitely consider him number one if he didn't have the injury.

And if it didn't seem like something that might be following him, if it was just a one-time thing and there's a hundred percent certainty, there's no type of lingering concerns, I would a million percent be considering him one. I think I'd rather consider Cameron Boozer one before him. Interesting. I like all three. I think all three can consider one. That's the real thing is I think all three are number one overall level prospects. But okay, Cameron, AJ DeBonsa goes first overall in our mock draft. My bad.

Utah Jazz on the clock number two. I think they obviously go Darren. He fits perfectly between all the giant players they have. have here's a guard-sized guy that's incredibly good when all you have is six nine players. Yeah, and you can tell him, just don't dry scoop the creatine. You'll be eye. Yeah. Try scoop and creatine is nuts. Have you ever done that before? Dry scoop, no. Why would you try scoctin? I don't know. I never took creatine before. So I'm just like, no, no, that was hilarious. No, that was, he was saying bullshit on that one of reports. He had to figure out

something shit to say that was. That was such a cover up. I'm not going to like, there's no world, unless you took 10 times the dose of you were just supposed to take creatine and drink no water and your kidneys are fucked, then maybe Creighton will give you full body cramps. I felt like I was going to die off of Korea team. The most research product in the history of fucking food science. He legit had to be drinking no water at all.

At all. Which is some young people have shit like that. Remember D.K. Mac I was talking about he did seed skittles all day and stuff like that as an elite athlete. Sometimes young guys have surprisingly strange habits. Maybe he was drinking no water. Okay, fine. So we get him two bottles of water. We get him a Stanley Cup and in an Oala and he's fine. And it's okay

and he can come in and he can score 25 for us. That's fine. The only thing that worries me about this pick and that makes it feel not as seamless or perfect necessarily is that there is like a playmaking gap there. But thankfully, I do feel like you do have one of the,

a very good smart offensive head coach who will prioritize a lot of these guys to like get in the right places, get off the ball quick and all that. So I like it. I like prioritizing Daryans playmaking in his development for that reason and trying to give him those touches early on.

And also that's a point guard problem is that they have to decide it's counted. George, that guy, can he be a playmaker? If not, he's the one that's replaced eventually. Because Darren Peterson has such a ceiling, such a floor that I'm not worried about that in terms of anything. He's good enough that we figure out the rest around him.

I agree. Yeah, I'm not letting Keonté George sit down and, like, mess up what this guy couldn't be at all. Yeah. We say, also, we say that a lot. There is honestly, that list for me is really growing in terms of players that I'm not going to let determine my future. Oh, for sure.

And so it's like, I understand we just traded. a lot for Jaron Jackson Jr. If you think that Canboozer really is like a number one overall pick talent and that he should go there, I'm not really letting that stop me right now. If you think he's that, he's that caliber

of guy, because one, also, so if they do get Darren, the roster, I do think is very, it's very, very intriguing. I think it's a playoff team immediately. Yeah, I think, I think it's up there. But also, if you do have Camboozer, okay, he could play for

two years kind of behind behind jaron he could develop just just a little bit more but if you have that level of player on on your team you have so much more flexibility in case the jaron thing does doesn't work and you need to get off of money i think it's okay to even still consider that he uh they just be so weird and wonk it to roll into next season with with kiontie and then you have a slew of guys you got what jaron jackson junior played your two or something like that got jaron we're gonna break basketball Right. It's too much. To turn at the two,

Larry at the three, Cambuz at the four, Walker at the five. That's stupid. What that being said, though, I also agree. I also agree Camboozer is that little prospect. This is the easy pick number three to me.

The Grizzies getting Camboozer is incredible. Everything they do in that new motion system with Isola in this like smart basketball frenetic. Everybody make a good read. That is Camboozer to a T. The interior passing, you're going to see a boozer throwing lobs on a short roll to Zach Eadie is going to be fucking beautiful. I don't know when Kayla Wilson stuff. It to me.

I mean, it is very tough. They're both incredible. The fit between that team and just how synergetic that duo of Big Men is to me, plus everything we know about the team and how they already have this style of play of people putting the ball on the ground, Boozer makes so much sense to me. When it comes to putting the ball on the ground, I think Caleb Wilson does that better when he comes to putting the ball through the fucking

backboard. Caleb Wilson does that so much better. When it comes to putting the ball through the backboard? Why didn't say backboard? I didn't say you shack. I didn't say dunking it. Now, Caleb's not. Breaking rims.

Caleb's not Shaq, but I think that Caleb Wilson's ceiling is higher. Now, I think things may be safer. And it's obviously, I think if I was, if it was me personally, I don't know. I don't know where I have, where I've reached towards, but it's a conversation. Now he can't be ahead of Caleb. It's a conversation for me. Okay. Over Peterson, I think that's the thing.

I'm not, I think that Peterson is like towards the bottom of this tier. And then I have Boozer and Kamler. Caleb smushed in between each other. And for me personally, I think, Caleb, he just feels like the prototypical Memphis guy from like a cultural standpoint. Not what these new guys have going on right now. This is a tough choice.

This is a tough choice in the draft. Both are incredible opportunities to have high-level stars. Who do you want alongside that Gideon on all these guys? I like the idea of Camden was there more. Just because the way he operates in short spaces, his interior passing is incredibly good. They need a lead playmaker. That's the type of thing they're exactly missing.

And maybe Caleb could also evolve into that. You know, people say, like maybe he can be in Gen Z, Chris Bosch and be your main guy. We'll see. I'm certain that Camboosur will be an elite point forward. I'm not even, if it's like the Gen Z, Chris Boston, like, okay, that's not, I wouldn't entertain that conversation. But if he is like the interior presence that I think he could be being a defensive force

as well or having the potential ceiling to, which is something that that's not in the conversation for Boozer at all, that right there to me lends itself to be an even higher scene play. If you're going to do it, you're going to do it. I might roll the ball of it. and say, fuck, you give me capable of him. Camboozer could be the best offensive power forward in the league. Offensive.

That's in the conversation. Let's think about the players out there. He can be what you want Palo to be. Is that point forward size mismatch that can create plays? Already a better playmaker than Palo Bancaro. We'll see how the scoring goes. In that conversation, that's maybe more of a Palo Bancaro conversation than it is a Camboosur one.

But that style of player, I think the idea that is very tantalizing. That's why Palo went one, having that constant mismatch that can make plays for others, especially when you have a guy who's specifically good at interior passing like Camboosur, with the interior force like ed that's too enticing for me to pass up with Caleb does the three point percentage no that that does that mean anything to you because i mean something because i do think like it is like seeing guys who are uber athletic and then they don't have the the three point shot you can over index on the athleticism and then just be like oh yeah he'll he'll learn how to shoot and then we get to year four and he's shooting 32 percent and you're like bro i'm i need this to

get up to 35 36 like can you do something and then you start to hit a wall in his development as an officer player. Like, does that move you in terms of like having booze over him? That does move me. It is worrisome. I feel a little bit better because it's like, okay, he's not shooting like 65% from the free throwing anything like that. It's somewhat respectable.

It's in the low 70s, which you can work with that. And if you look at the shot too, it's not completely broken, you know? Now, we play this game a lot too at the same time as well. We've only almost every single prospect ever. So if you want to go Boozer, that's fine. We can roll with it. Yeah. It feels more complete.

I start to get nervous when we're projecting people out and we're like, where's free throw percentage is good. He's your profile. It's a good shooter. But also he has good touch. You know what else makes you a good shooter? Knocking down shots. Like I would like to see you do that at a bit higher clip to have that, to have that work.

So like if we're, if you do think that they are even, I do think that the floor of boozer and not have. having that specific flaw because that can end up being a pretty fatal flaw for for guys like especially like of that of that look and of that size yeah i think i think boozer i right now i would take him i don't even think californ would be a great shooter though he can be offensively like a more polished version what have mowgli is offensively or that type of like lengthy imagine evan mowby with anger problems right and movie that's way more fluidity can actually get by people like that's a good player no it is a good player but that could be a great offensive player

even without a jump shot. Yeah. I don't think he's an on-shooter, so I'm not terribly worried about that. But we can go Boozer. Going back to what you said, I liked how you kind of compared Boozer to Apollo. They're different players, obviously,

but similar mold. I think Boozer's like the more complete, best version of what we thought Paulo was supposed to be. And combined with, like, the shooting, the processing, the ability to, like, use his strength to get to that rim while also breaking down defenses

from the top of the key and running offense and masking as like a secondary offensive creator too, you know, That's special. That's, damn, that's Polly like. That's like Detroit Pistons basketball. Detroit Pistons, Blake Griffin like right there. That's special.

I'll take that. If you have Boozer and E.D. and you get one big guard who can drive, how does any team have three big bodies that can stay in front of those guys? That would be crazy. That's tough. So Boozer at 3.

Now, Chicago Bulls and the clock. Finding the person that can get them out of the mud for good. Is it obviously, Caleb Wilson? There's Aikoff, man. There we go. The conversation begins. Let's talk. Let's story tell, man.

Let's story tell. Come on. Please know. Caleb Wilson is a fucking lifeline for a team that's been drowning for decades. You get Caleb Wilson. Him and Modis Badellas mean these two athletic wings. I'm in love with that fit. Yeah, I agree.

I think that's the best fit right now for them. It's the best ceiling play right now, too. Him and Modis are like, they go together so well. And you're restarting your entire team. You don't know what center is going to be there for you, the future. So yeah, get the best player available. Yep. Easy pick. Number five, Clippers. Getting this pick from the Pacers. What do they do with this opportunity in front of them? Right now, this tier of prospects, mostly a bunch of lead guards. They already have Darius Garland

who firmly cannot play with another small guard. You're still trying to win now because you got Kauai. What do they do? You think firmly can't play? Firmly. If you want to be a good team, you cannot have two small guards and Garland be one of them. Yeah, yeah. Maybe I feel a little bit higher on Garland No I'm high Garland It's just like

maximizing Garland Yeah So defensively You're not gonna survive With him being Equally as Held back As a guard next to him

Yeah It's tough It's very tough And this is where like The draft Really really really begins when it comes To no one knows

What the fuck is going on And at this point in time Does anyone want to sit down And entertain Some calls Trade Back Should Trading back

Be a potential option I think The King or the Mavs to try and trade up to get their guard of the preference, whether it be A-Cuff or Fleming, whoever may be that they want to be the lead guard next to their stars, one of those teams should trade up. Now, I don't know if we do that for this exercise, but I think that they should do that,

and then the Clippers should take whoever they think is the best off-ball guard, or if they want to get fancy and pick Mara, you know, for places you watch. That's a lot of people who will call that a reach. It would be. It would be. I like that, but I think ultimately what this team ends up doing is picking the, probably best guy available considering that their future is dicey. They still don't have

several first-armed picks for the next few years off of what they did with OKC. And you go for a ceiling. Also considering too, like, Daris Garn isn't healthy all the time too. You got him for James Harden for a reason at that price. I think you pick the best player available. I think this idea if you can't draft for fit

is such an overused adage that is people to say that because it's like a smart thing to say, you do have players in your roster and you need to win games and be productive. I think you do need to draft for fit to some regard.

I think when you're the worst team in the league and you have no good players you don't draft for fit. But when you have Kauai and assuming they don't want to trade him and you have Garland, you can't pretend

those guys aren't on the roster. At one point in time, they were the worst team in the league. They weren't very far from that. It had to do some generational shit led by Kauai and Leonard who appears like once in every blue moon.

That's all I'm like, I don't know, man. Yeah, but either way, fuck Hawaii Leonard. You have Darius Garland. You're not going to get rid of him. That's your new building block. You cannot pretend you don't know Darius Garden is there

and draft another lead guard that doesn't fit with him. So I think in this scenario, what makes you feel better is if you want to take Keaton Wagler, who has like a met size, but I don't know if that size is necessarily like functional when it comes to what you typically see and how it's used as an advantage. But if you want to entertain that,

I'd be open to it. Kings and Femmy would be the easy conversation, but he really doesn't feel like he can play with Darius Garland. even though he has more size with him too i think he's like six three and a half or six four but that's even rough too okay well who's the best profiling as an offball guard of this bunch to you is it michael brown um now he's he's even more of a flyer for me he's even more of a flyer i think right now i'd probably want to take he and wagner the ceiling is there and on top of that too i think there's a couple of scenarios where he can play what dare is going but in that same breath

though let me tell you this as well because this is the collective idea same breath he will be fucking fried defensively. He'll be fried defensively there's Garland. Then why would we pick him? Do you think there's any chance to become a good defender? No. So I think ultimately let's get Bradenberries. Because he's not necessarily like the lead guard on a team.

And the creation and the playmaking isn't where you want to be at for like your lead guy. But when it comes to doing all the other things on the court, rebounding being a froch defender. and also like playmaking here and there when when need be i think he's like the perfect stopgap for all those things he annihilates every question hey he so's in a fucking bluddery they're positions like all their positions burries good or shooting guard oh he said shooting gun buries

i think you just pass somebody down a little bit i don't know what this yeah i'm not sure where they would like list them as there right there right there rating berries number six overall good size 6 4 he's stocky he's 200 200 pounds or whatever he's the heaviest guy here. I think that this is the best decision for all the questions that they have in between. Number seven, Brooklyn Nets. Do they just take Gary's Aikoff and run and say we got our lead guard? Number six, Nets.

Please. Oh yeah, number six, Brooklyn Nets. Please. Yeah, best player available, fuck it. They think A-Cove can be this star score? Please. What's stopping you? Nobody.

Nothing is stopping you. Demmon can play offball with him. That's a good fit. Demand has the size. If he can develop, add some weight to him, become more of a defender too. be your 3 and D wing that can do some secondary playmaking. A-Cuff can be your Trey Young. I'm not mad at it.

I'm not mad. I think A-Cuff right now, he is like the, offensively, he's the most all-around guard here, and he has, like, he's top-end and a lot of goddamn skills. He can get it at the paint. He's a good, he's a good paint score. He gets, he does a great job at getting those touches. He's a great mid-range score.

He has a floater. He has a great passer. He's a great passer on all levels connective or a main playmaking guy. He can get you a guy over, for a lob as well. There's so much to his game that's just like so refined. And if he ends up being like the best guard in general over like Peterson,

that would not surprise me at all like two, three years from now. Bro, just say it. I'm not going to say it. He's tough. He's tough. He's tough. He's tough. Don't ask about the defense. Don't ask about the wingspan. He's nice as hell. He's tough man. Okay. But as a team in the nets who needs top in talent, that's a good swing and hope that he can just

be one of the best scores of the position. Yeah. Sacramento Kings up next. I think they do the same thing and just go for the best lead ball handler they can find in this range. I think they go Kings and Fleming. The Kings, yeah, they probably go Kingston filming. That sucks so because I like him, you know. By anybody who I like, I don't want him to go to the Kings.

You don't want to curse him? Yeah, no. But Keynes and Philly and they're athletic slasher that can actually create paint touches and be a lead playmaker for you. I've seen people compare him to Deerrin Fox. It's a perfect fucking fit. You get this guy that comes in and does that same role

that you just traded away. This roster legitimately has no point guards. Exactly. me pick the highest profile passer playmaker guy that's so crazy when they had Tyrie Saliburton and DeHan I don't know if they should I don't know if they should

I feel like Keaton Wagler has a higher ceiling do I think he'll be the better player I wouldn't probably say that yet but that's not kind of want to give them Wagler right now on their active you don't like yeah right listen right now right now he has a higher ceiling

already drafted him he has a higher ceiling yeah right they have they have they have two point guards on their cap sheet for 2627 please God Devin Carter Killion Hayes. Damn.

Kicks of Fleming. That's it. Pick number eight, what do you want to do for the Atlanta Hawks? Guys, man. His roster is trashed. Honestly, no. Did you make the pick already? I already made the pick for seven.

You fucked us. Okay. Why? I think they should have took waggoner because he has the highest thing in terms of like playmaking and like offensive prowess. That's very fair to say. I think. Blen B. Sils, he picked a bun too fast?

Yeah, I think I think Fleming's has definitely a better for though better for I personally I really like that would you like do you like Wagler for your team? No No. Do you want Kings and Fleming for your team? Yeah, I think that'll be okay. His ulterior butt if he wants to flip him. No, no, no, no, no. So what do you want to do for the Hawks? I do the same thing on Housecall.

What do you want to do for the Hawks? Do you need a center? You need a point guard. You both. This part do you want to reach for Mara? Part of me does. I think that over the last few years you've seen the trend and people or the league realizing, oh, fuck, being big and physical really fucking matters.

seeing a guy like Jalen Duren eat and be a fucking all-star. He's probably going to be named on all-emba player too. We've seen Donovan Klingon soar up in the rankings. We've seen Zach Edie soar up as well. And I think size is super important. But is it a reach to get a day marr right now? Guy who's like... Who cares?

It's not that big of a reach. It is a reach relative to the consensus. I think you're at the point where you've already lost a premium guys. You're debating between guys who are slightly higher on many boards but aren't necessarily perfect fits what you need. I don't think this is a crazy thing, especially when you're already in a win now mode. Again, I think the idea of you have to draft BPA, put drafting for fits, dumb. That's so overblown to me.

If you're in a certain position, you can draft for fit if you think the guy is good enough. Also, it doesn't matter. You said this, you said this pick his house money. So take whoever. Listen, man, this is supposed to be you. Gun to your head right now. Who? This house is in the trenches.

McElbri-McKale Brown, Jr. is in the conversation, too, because he is. Forget the conversation. We're not having a conversation anymore. Gun to your head. Who do you want to pick? We got to talk through. We got to talk too much.

Who do you want to pick? Y'all can go to hell. I'm talking through it. Who do you want to pick? Gun is to your head. Do you want to die? Macau's on the board and also a die is on the board too. Macau, he is not the passer that his passing and processing and decision make is not

always, is not where I'd want it to be necessarily in order for him to be the guy. I think Adi feels safer. I'll go ahead. Okay. You know, reach has happened. It reaches relative to consensus happen every year. Yeah. Let it be you.

He's going to be good. Why not? The size is too crazy alongside Jalen Johnson. Shout to your kid Kong. Having him in... Press Center. A day on there would be so good for... Right there.

We won't be abused by car and town is no more. Listen, man. That's going to happen. That's your cat stopper? He's our stopper for a lot of guys. Okay. Next up. Who's number nine?

One B stopper? We have... The Mabs. Dallas Mavericks number nine. I know they're sick as hell because a lot of their top guys went out. But it's okay because I think Mikkel, Macau Brown is here. You're talking about how much you love him.

They need a league guard. Who? Keen Wagler. You were just saying you love you so much. They need a high ceiling guard next to Cooper Flag long term. Keen Wagler is still here. Damn. He can play next to Kyle Irving early in his career.

Develop into that lead playmaker as time goes on. Be the lop thrower to Cooper Flag long term. You know what, Wagler, you go, who? Let's go pick him. Honestly, that's perfect. He's a great creator. Yeah, I agree. People say they see shades of Tyree Taliburton.

If we can get Diet Tyrese Halliburton when he's year four And Kyrie's done being the lead guy Yeah I fucking love that I think this is the best possible One of the better outcomes for him Because there's not as much pressure for him To like get buckets off in such a way A lot of one thing that people

Always like harp on is that you know he is like the small six six dude You've seen in your life So scary And also athletically too I think people will always like harped on Yeah this dude just cannot dunk He does not dunk at all And then someone posted a video of him dunking

And like pregame warmers and people lost their minds and shit months ago. So I think that for all those things, this is one of the more physical teams and bigger teams out there, and this covers up a lot of chronicle weaknesses for him. So Wagler, you're home. There you go. Perfect fit.

Last pick. Number 10, Milwaukee Bucks. We want to assume they keep Janus or trade Yonis? Trade Yonis. I don't even think it matters at this point. I think all the guys available still would be, like, would fit perfectly well alongside Yonis. Well, I was to say if they keep Yonis,

do they potentially entertain? picking Yaxel and trying to win now with the guy who's 22. No, he's not 22. He's like 24. 24 at the start of the year. Old as Ricky. Even older than 22. Does the entertain go win now to keep Donis happy?

Yonis is gone. Fuck no. He's gone. He might not be. That's the crazy part. Is he really might not be. And you're saying fuck no. I will blow Milwaukee up if he's still at the start.

At the start. If they make a move, if they make a move. We can't go through another season. Okay. All right. So for your mental health, we assume they trade yon is. I can't do it. It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. I think they're taking it for my mental health. Please. So what guard do you like here to pick from this bunch? Macau. Macale Brown, Jr. There you go. Yeah, yeah.

I think he has the highest ceiling here. He can play alongside someone like Ryan Raw and Sue so you don't necessarily step on that. Not that it necessarily mattered in the first ways. But the playmaking is interesting. The scoring, he's a big guard. He's like six four, six, six, five. I think that matters. And the seating with him in terms of scoring and consistency will, like, the consistency for the most part, the jump shot consistency matters at the end of day.

But I think this is like the best, one of the better outcomes for him in terms of like what he can be. Having a coach and Taylor Jenkins out there letting him play through his mistake. So this is the best possible outcome for him. And there we go. That is our top 10 mock draft immediately after the lottery.